Rockler’s Bench Dog Sound Shield Safety Glasses combine protective eye lenses with earplugs tethered to the frame by cords. The glasses have clear plastic, anti-fog lenses. They’re available as standard safety glasses or as a “fit over” design for use over eyeglasses.
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All I have to say is wow. All of these devices are so well thought out and really have the user in mind when it comes to function and form. I have to say one of my biggest fears when in the shop is that my ear protection cord is going to get stuck on something and rip the plugs out of my ears or strangle me or something of the like. So, the safety glasses with retractable ear protection are perfect because they offer minimum cord length and are well hidden from all the potential things to catch on in the shop. Another cool feature of these glasses is that they come in two designs for over-glasses or not over-glasses which would be great for me because when spring comes around I need to not wear my contacts and I could just have the same glasses in two different styles as opposed to having to get used to another kind.
Three of these products are eye protection which just shows how important safety glasses are to jobsite safety. I saw the combo eye and ear protection online a few weeks ago and though is was a good idea but the glasses seemed clunky. But I think it would help me. I have been getting better at this but I always wear glasses, but I do not always wear ear protection. These glasses would give me no excuse to not be wearing ear protection. The gloves seem really cool since they do not just protect the palm like a lot of gloves but they are practically armor for your hand. The goggles with the strap seem pretty safe but they mess up the number one requirement for safety goggles: style. If I were sanding or doing something I knew created a lot of flying shards I would love to have these fog free goggles (especially if I am wearing a dust mask) but besides that I will stick with my low profile glasses. I also really like the dust free concrete drill because if there is one thing concrete drills do it is throw around a lot of fine concrete dust (and drill holes in concrete I guess).
These seem to be some excellently designed products. Like Kim and Drew, I am also intrigued by the eye-ear protection combo. Unfortunately, I am prone to losing my hearing protection. All I know is that I came here with three pairs of reusable earplugs, and now I have none. So the combo would be a fantastic tool for me. It would give me no excuse for misplacing my hearing protection. The gloves seem interesting, but I am concerned about their sizes. The vast majority of gloves are made for men, who typically have larger hands. I have smaller hands, which makes glove buying hard. As a result of the difficulty of finding gloves that fit, my current work gloves are bright pink and made for women (on the bright side, they are highly visible and I will never lose them). The google with the strap are perhaps my favorite. I, for one, do not particularly care how stylish I look while working. What excites me about goggles is the availability of prescription lenses (which these goggles have). Due to the combination of my need of eye correction and my inability to wear contacts (I'm afraid of things touching my eye, I passed out the last time I tried to put a contact in), I end up switching between safety glasses and my prescriptions. When it comes to goggles, prescription lenses are an absolute must. The dust free concrete drill seems nice, but I doubt I'll ever have to occasion to use one.
Safety should be everyone’s number one priority on the job site. It is so easy make a stupid mistake that will cost you a limb or an eye. Sometimes people neglect to remember the harmful elements that many of the products used in construction have. I am by no mean an expert in health and safety but it doesn’t take a genius to realize when something isn’t safe. I am constantly in CMU’s scene shop for class and various other projects and always keep my eyes open to the things going on around me. People have to remember that most of these jobs sites are shared space so not only is it important to protect yourself but also protect others. Just because you have the proper safety equipment on for the job does not mean your coworker does. The dust free concrete drill is defiantly my favorite tool on the list mainly because of the hypoallergenic filer installed on the collection system but also the lack of a mess that its makes around the site.
Most of these products are basic, essential protection equipment, and some of it doesn’t seem like it will work that well. The gloves and the UVEX goggles are the only items I would buy. The concrete drill is completely off topic from the rest of the items. It is for a specific job or trade, unlike the other generic items. The Velcro safety glasses seem like they wouldn’t hold, especially once dust got into the Velcro. The glasses/ear plug combo seem like a good idea, and they would be easier to track. What happens if you want to replace one but not the other? I also wonder about the storage of the earplugs. Do they retract like portable mice? I’m not so sure how well that would hold up. For my money, I’d rather spend a bit more and get exactly what I want. The gloves seem like that would work well and have a lot of good features to them. However, given the description I could easily buy gloves like these at any big box hardware store.
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